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The genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi, identified in scrub typhus patients in northern Vietnam.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Mar 2017
Nguyen Hang L K, Pham Hang T T, Nguyen Tinh V, Hoang Phuong Vm, Le Mai T Q, Takemura Taichiro, Hasebe Futoshi, Hayasaka Daisuke, Yamada Akio, Hotta Kozue
Abstract excerpt
Background: There are an estimated one million patients with scrub typhus in the Asia-Pacific region. There are few reports describing the incidence of scrub typhus in Vietnam. Methods: Blood samples collected from 63 patients clinically diagnosed as having scrub typhus from July 2015 to September 2016 were subjected to genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Results and Conclusions: Of these patients, 42 (67%)...
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